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If people are willing to learn the truth, they will do as I suggested above and google it. Also, the link to a series of radio programs was posted. But you know what the first thing that showed me the dark side of the Purpose Driven Methodology was this quote from a Wall Street Journal article called "Purpose Driven Methods Divide."

Some pastors learn how to make their churches purpose-driven through training workshops. Speakers at Church Transitions Inc., a Waxhaw, N.C., nonprofit that works closely with Mr. Warren's church, stress that the transition will be rough. At a seminar outside of Austin, Texas, in April, the Revs. Roddy Clyde and Glen Sartain advised 80 audience members to trust very few people with their plans. "All the forces of hell are going to come at you when you wake up that church," said Mr. Sartain, who has taught the material at Mr. Warren's Saddleback Church.

During a session titled "Dealing with Opposition," Mr. Clyde recommended that the pastor speak to critical members, then help them leave if they don't stop objecting. Then when those congregants join a new church, Mr. Clyde instructed, pastors should call their new minister and suggest that the congregants be barred from any leadership role.
http://www.moriel.org/articles/discernment/church_issues/purpose_driven_splits_congregants.htm

Jesus didn't say "beware of false prophets who come in sheep's clothing" for nothing. Unfortunately, most folks have the discernment of a toad frog or only see what they want to see. I originally considered Warren a rather benign individual. No more.

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The problem is that if I substituted “purpose driven doctrine” with “rejection of homosexuality doctrine in the Episcopal church”, then I would advise similar methods of dealing with dissent to any Episcopal pastor who wanted to try to salvage his church. If there is heresy in the “purpose driven” doctrine, it’s not necessarily in THIS part of it.